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Monday, November 14, 2011

A giveaway x 2

by MaryAnn Carroll

To celebrate our Art Spark theme of gratitude we have two wonderful donations
by two wonderful designers. That means we will also have two winners. We have changed the format and the day of our giveaway. They will be posted on the first Monday each month in conjunction with the Art Spark designer. We will also be offering more than one donation at a time. If you would like to donate to giveaways, please check out
our sponsors page to learn more about it.

Now onto today's donations:

Our first is was created by Erin Praiz-Hintz. Here's a clip from Erin's shop announcement TesoriTravoti:

AS SEEN ON THE COVER OF STRINGING FALL 2011 & AS SEEN IN BEADS 2011:
My new 'simple truths' pendants and charms are here! Combining my love
of words with rustic and time-worn looks, I have created something that I
love to use in my own jewelry, and I hope you will love to use in
yours, too!

You can also share more of your thoughts with Erin by following her blog.

Welcome to my little corner of the Etsy community. I hope you will take a
few minutes to look around. If you have any questions, about anything,
please don't hesitate to contact me.

Before entering, please read carefully. If the directions are not followed, I will not be able to include your entry, Also, please make sure that you either leave an email or that your blog, etc. has an up-to-date email address. If you would like to be entered to win one of these two fabulous pieces, please leave a any comment regarding our Art Spark November theme....

Gratitude

Your comment will count as one entry. For a 2nd and 3rd entry (3 entry limit), please post this on your blog, facebook page, twitter or another social media site and come back to share the link with us.

If you do not have a social network site, please visit our website (the link is on the left sidebar) and come back to let us know something that you liked.

For a third entry for those non-social network folks, please share an artist that you know who creates handmade components and/or handmade jewelry that you like with a link to their shop.

Hi MaryAnn...i love Erin's pendants...and you have to see them in person to appreciate there unique quality and details...i love to support all handmade components as well as fellow designers and have many links/buttons on my blog to support them...http://somethinguniquebylana.blogspot.com/thanks for your amazing giveaway..ttfn Lana :)

I'm back...i checked out Jean's shop...and what a wonderful selection of unique creations using handmade components....i have added a link to her shop on my blog...I already have a link to Erin's there :) i laso love the idea od creating something with this months theme (graditude)...i enjoy doing inpirational jewelry the most.ttfn Lana

I am grateful for many things, but for purposes of this entry I will share that first and foremost I am grateful for my family and my three dogs, Justice, Jebadiah and Sophie. I can't begin to describe what they mean to me - the family and the dogs. I have six sisters and a brother and fortunately my mom and dad are still alive. When the chips are down, family is the foundation of everything - and I do mean everything. And, now, just a short list of other things I'm grateful for - that I live in America where opportunity abounds, that I was able to obtain a fine education as an adult and pay for it, that I have the freedom to pursue things that I love doing from hiking in the woods with my dogs to making jewelry, that I own my own home, and oh my, the list is long so I will stop here.

There are many many artists I have discovered over the past couple of years that make handmade components that I really love, but the one I will mention here is Natalie Pappas. I recently purchased a batch of her beads and was blown away by them. Unfortunately, I tend to want to hoarde them .... and they are destined to be shared.

I've arrived at your blog by way of Kristen's blog; "My Bead Journey". Kristen has a wonderful eye for good blogs and great artists. She, herself is a wonderful blogger and a very talented beader and jewelry maker. So it was no surprise to find a truly lovely blog here at "My Art Jewelry", along with some very exceptional artists. It is my pleasure to now be following this outstanding blog.